diff --git a/packages/api/src/beacon/routes/debug.ts b/packages/api/src/beacon/routes/debug.ts
index 9afc96d5a637..947958868a70 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/beacon/routes/debug.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/beacon/routes/debug.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,13 @@ export type Endpoints = {
     BeaconState,
     ExecutionOptimisticFinalizedAndVersionMeta
   >;
+  getHistoricalSummaries: Endpoint<
+    "GET",
+    EmptyArgs,
+    EmptyRequest,
+    ValueOf<typeof ssz.capella.HistoricalSummaries>,
+    EmptyMeta
+  >;
 };
 
 export function getDefinitions(_config: ChainForkConfig): RouteDefinitions<Endpoints> {
@@ -196,5 +203,15 @@ export function getDefinitions(_config: ChainForkConfig): RouteDefinitions<Endpo
         timeoutMs: 5 * 60 * 1000,
       },
     },
+    getHistoricalSummaries: {
+      url: "/eth/v1/debug/historical_summaries",
+      method: "GET",
+      req: EmptyRequestCodec,
+      resp: {
+        data: ssz.capella.HistoricalSummaries,
+        meta: EmptyMetaCodec,
+        onlySupport: WireFormat.ssz,
+      },
+    },
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/api/impl/debug/index.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/api/impl/debug/index.ts
index e6c104272237..c3aa399a81ac 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/api/impl/debug/index.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/api/impl/debug/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import {routes} from "@lodestar/api";
 import {ApplicationMethods} from "@lodestar/api/server";
 import {ExecutionStatus} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
-import {ZERO_HASH_HEX} from "@lodestar/params";
+import {ForkSeq, ZERO_HASH_HEX} from "@lodestar/params";
+import {BeaconStateCapella} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {BeaconState} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {isOptimisticBlock} from "../../../util/forkChoice.js";
 import {getStateSlotFromBytes} from "../../../util/multifork.js";
@@ -85,5 +86,18 @@ export function getDebugApi({
         },
       };
     },
+    async getHistoricalSummaries() {
+      const {state} = await getStateResponseWithRegen(chain, "head");
+      let slot: number;
+      if (state instanceof Uint8Array) {
+        slot = getStateSlotFromBytes(state);
+      } else {
+        slot = state.slot;
+      }
+      if (config.getForkSeq(slot) < ForkSeq.capella) {
+        throw new Error("Historical summaries are not supported before Capella");
+      }
+      return {data: (state as BeaconStateCapella).historicalSummaries.serialize()};
+    },
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/capella/sszTypes.ts b/packages/types/src/capella/sszTypes.ts
index 3110e59111d9..057bf97650fe 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/capella/sszTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/capella/sszTypes.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ export const HistoricalSummary = new ContainerType(
   {typeName: "HistoricalSummary", jsonCase: "eth2"}
 );
 
+export const HistoricalSummaries = new ListCompositeType(HistoricalSummary, HISTORICAL_ROOTS_LIMIT, {
+  typeName: "HistoricalSummaries",
+});
+
 // we don't reuse bellatrix.BeaconState fields since we need to replace some keys
 // and we cannot keep order doing that
 export const BeaconState = new ContainerType(
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ export const BeaconState = new ContainerType(
     nextWithdrawalIndex: WithdrawalIndex, // [New in Capella]
     nextWithdrawalValidatorIndex: ValidatorIndex, // [New in Capella]
     // Deep history valid from Capella onwards
-    historicalSummaries: new ListCompositeType(HistoricalSummary, HISTORICAL_ROOTS_LIMIT), // [New in Capella]
+    historicalSummaries: HistoricalSummaries, // [New in Capella]
   },
   {typeName: "BeaconState", jsonCase: "eth2"}
 );